Georgia has drafted in 1970s disco icons Boney M in its battle to regain control over the tiny separatist region of South Ossetia. 
Boney M's music The singers of Daddy Cool and Rasputin play a concert on Saturday in a small frontline village just walking distance from the rebels' capital, Tskhinvali.
Rebels are trying to break away from Georgia to join the Russian Federation.
Boney M are not unaware of splits - two groups featuring former members are touring under the same name.
The BBC's correspondent in Georgia, Matthew Collin, says it is not clear which original members of Boney M are performing or exactly how much the disco stars know about the conflict in this remote former Soviet region.
'Peaceful life'
The concert takes place in Tamarasheni, a village of around 500 people that remains loyal to Georgia.
Our correspondent says the Georgian authorities want to show the South Ossetian separatists that life would be better and more fun if they returned to government control.
In the words of a Georgian official, he says, peaceful life resumes when people sing songs.
The village is in the middle of the conflict and witnesses regular gun battles despite a ceasefire.
All around the area are checkpoints manned by Georgian and Ossetian forces as well as Russian peacekeeping troops.
The war that erupted when South Ossetia broke away from Georgia after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union cost thousands of lives.
Boney M have a loyal following in Russia. Their songs were among the few approved under Communist rule.
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